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Folklore in Zora Neale Hurston's Their Eyes Were Watching God Lesson PlanFolklore in Zora Neale Hurston's Their Eyes Were Watching God Lesson Plan
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Folklore in Zora Neale Hurston's Their Eyes Were Watching God

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Learners define folklore, folk groups, tradition, and oral narrative. They identify traditional elements in Their Eyes Were Watching God Analyze and understand the role of traditional folkways and folk speech in the overall literary impact of the novel.

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african american history, discrimination, zora neale hurston, their eyes were watching god, folktales, narratives, oral tradition

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black history, prejudice
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Grade
9th - 12th
Subjects
English Language Arts
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2009
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